Samsung DROID Charge for Verizon

The smartphone runs android 2.2 and is powered by 1 GHz application processor.
The Droid Charge has 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and is equipped with 8-megapixel rear-facing camera as well as 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. It is also completed with HTML 5 Web browser, high-speed 4G LTE connectivity and more.
Samsung DROID Charge for Verizon will be available for $299.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will need to subscribe to a Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan and a 4G LTE data package.
According to the press release, the Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access; unlimited 4G LTE data packages start at $29.99 monthly access and the mobile hotspot feature will be included for a limited time at no additional charge

Apple, News Corp to announce iPad newspaper subscriptions

Rumors have already surfaced about the News-Corp-produced iPad newspaper The Daily, and in a few weeks the company may be ready to formally fire up the digital-only presses. According to John Gruber of Daring Fireball, Apple and News Corp will tentatively launch The Daily on December 9, and Apple will allegedly also announce subscriptions through iTunes, allowing customers to receive automatically delivered newspapers and magazines to their iPads.

At the moment, iPad users are forced to download and pay for digital issues of a publication one at a time. In addition to this being moderately inconvenient, it also keeps consumer information out of publishers’ hands. Which is why, up to this point, publishers haven’t warmed to the idea of rolling subscriptions through the App Store. Apple’s refusal to share subscriber data limits publishers’ ability to target their audiences for advertising and marketing purposes.

Nokia C5 Qty: Price: $179.99

OVERVIEW:
The Nokia C5 is mobile phone supporting quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900), dual band WCDMA (900/2100) and HSDPA/HSUPA (3.5G). Enjoy videos, music, and graphics on the 2.2” QVGA TFT display. Take photos with a 3.2-megapixel FullFocus (EDOF) camera. Additional features include integrated A-GPS and Ovi Maps 3.0, USB charging with simultaneous data transfer, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed.

SPECIFICATIONS:
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Size Dimensions 112 x 46 x 12.3 mm, 56 cc
Weight 89.3 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 50 MB, 128 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 32
EDGE Class 32
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, LED flash
Video Yes, VGA@15fps
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features OS Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2
CPU ARM 11 600 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, AMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, RSS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable
GPS Yes, with A-GPS; Ovi Maps 3.0
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP4/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Video/Photo editor
- Organizer
- Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace apps
- Flash Lite 3.0
- Voice memo/dial
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1050 mAh (BL-5CT)
Stand-by Up to 630 h (2G) / Up to 670 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Music play Up to 34 h

Droid X Impresses Early Reviewers quad band phones

The highly-anticipated Motorola Droid X won't arrive in Verizon Wireless stores until next week, but hype is growing for the phone's release. Reviewers, so far, seem to adore this new device. Will shoppers be convinced to line up to get their hands on the Droid X, just as they waited for the new iPhone 4 last month?

Boston.com's Hiawatha Bray tackles this question in his review of the Droid X, under the headline "A smartphone worth lining up for." Bray notes that "most people don't get that excited over a new cellphone unless Apple chieftain Steve Jobs tells them to." He praises many features found on the Droid X, including its "luxuriously lean" design and quality video camera, but laments the lack of a front-facing camera for video conferencing.

David Pogue of the New York Times says, "the Droid X is a speed rocket, much like its recent rivals. It's impossible to overstate how satisfying it is to use a snappy, responsive gadget." He points out the complex nature of the Android OS, though, noting that this phone -- like any Android gadget -- may confuse those who aren't technically proficient.

I'm currently in the middle of reviewing the Droid X myself, so I can't weigh in on this phone just yet. But stay tuned for a full review in the next few days.